NOU about to close second tranch of 30 cents financing NOUVEAU MONDE RETAINS HYBRID FINANCIAL LTD. TO PROVIDE MARKETING AND INVESTOR RELATIONS SERVICES AND PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON ITS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. has, subject to all required regulatory approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, retained Hybrid Financial Ltd. to provide marketing and investor relations services, pursuant to an agreement entered into between the parties effective as of July 1, 2018.
Hybrid Financial is a sales and distribution company working on behalf of clients in the financial services industry. Hybrid's unique approach helps effectively and efficiently build brands and launch products on behalf of small, medium, and large clients. Offices in Toronto and Montreal allow Hybrid to comprehensively cover both United States and Canadian markets.
Pursuant to the Agreement, Hybrid has been retained by the Corporation for an initial period of six months. Upon expiration of the initial term, the Agreement shall be automatically renewed on a monthly basis (subject to termination by the Corporation by written notice). Hybrid will be responsible to assist the Corporation for all aspects of marketing campaigns and investor relations for the Corporation. Hybrid will be paid a fee in the amount of $14,000 per month. Steve Marshall will be the responsible person.
There is no prior relationship between Hybrid and the Corporation, nor is there any direct or indirect interest in the Corporation or its securities or any right or intent to acquire such an interest on the part of Hybrid.
Update on the previously announced private placement
The Corporation is also pleased to provide an update on its previously announced brokered private placement of units (the "Units") of the Corporation, at a subscription price of $0.30 per Unit (the "Offering").
The Offering has been proceeding well and the Corporation is encouraged by the interest received thus far. As announced on July 13, 2018, the Corporation closed the first tranche of its Offering pursuant to which an aggregate number of 8,961,167 Units were issued. The Corporation expects to close the second tranche within the next few weeks and received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") with respect to the duration of its Offering. The outside date upon which the final acceptance of the Offering will be granted by the TSXV has been extended to September 5, 2018.
About Nouveau Monde Graphite
In 2015, Nouveau Monde Graphite discovered a major and high-quality graphite deposit on its Matawinie property, located in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 150 km north of Montreal, Quebec. The discovery led to the announcement of a prefeasibility study on October 25, 2017. The prefeasibility study results revealed projected graphite concentrate production levels of 52,000 tonnes per year over a 27-year period. In the summer of 2018, NMG will be launching its first tonnes of concentrated graphite flake manufactured in demonstration plant. NMG's demonstration plant has been built for a production capacity of 2,000 tonnes of concentrated flake graphite for a two-year period.
We seek Safe Harbor.